The joy's gone out of me like the pee from a small boy in a swimming pool on a hot day.

“I decided that I would do my best in the future not to write books just for mon…”

“It begins, as most things begin, with a song. In the beginning, after all, were…”

“I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. …”

“Does that change things?” asked the old man. “MaybeAnansi’s just some guy from …”